GMAT,2008 Edition


Master The GMAT 2007
McGraw-Hill's GMAT, 2008 Edition


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DJ Mixstation 3

DJ Mixstation 3


DJ Mixstation 3 offers state-of-the-art mixing tools for the DJ who wants to work & mix at home. This easy to use software application lets you pick up and play - while including a host of professional features that real DJs use!

Product Features

* Automatic mixing engine & Sample engine allows you to record or load loops on the fly and play them in real time over your current mix
* Network Sychronization lets you run multiple windows of DJ Mixstation 3, to mix with as many decks as you can handle
* Add a world of effects quickly & easily with the new Effect Library
* Vinyl scratching -- you can now use your webcam or mouse to scratch like on real vinyl
* Record directly to MP3 or WAV. or burn directly to CD

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Adobe Photoshop CS4

Adobe Photoshop CS4 + FULL
Adobe Photoshop CS4 is a leaked version from Adobe, which is currently in beta stage. this package includes all features plus a working keygenerator.



The Adobe Photoshop family of products is the ultimate playground for bringing out the best in your digital images and transforming them into anything you can imagine.

Reasons to upgrade:

* Smart ****s
* Quick Selection and Refine Edge tools
* Advanced compositing
* Streamlined interface
* Better raw image processing
* Improved Adobe Bridge
* Enhanced Vanishing Point
* Enhanced 32-bit HDR support
* Peak performance
* Black-and-white conversion

What is Photoshop CS4?

Adobe® Photoshop® CS4 software accelerates your path from imagination to imagery. Ideal for photographers, graphic designers, and web designers, the professional standard delivers new features such as automatic layer alignment and blending that enable advanced compositing. Live**** s boost the comprehensive, nondestructive editing toolset for increased flexibility. And a streamlined interface and new timesaving tools make your work flow faster.

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WinISO 5.3
WinISO is a utility to convert CD-ROM image file format(s), and has the option to extract/edit image file directly! keywords: convert bin to iso converter, extract bin extractor, extract iso extractor, create cd rom image iso, edit iso editor, edit bin editor, bootable CDWinISO runs on Windows9x/Me/NT/2000/XP.

It can process almost all CD-ROM image file(s) including ISO and BIN. With
WinISO, you can add/delete/rename/extract file(s) within image files. You can
convert image files to the standard ISO format and you have the ability to create ISO
image file(s) from a CD-ROM.

The operating system requirements are Windows 95, Windows 98/98SE, Windows
Me, Windows NT4, Windows 2000 or Windows XP.



Program features:

* Process almost all CD-ROM image file(s) including ISO and BIN .
* Ability to add/delete/rename/extract file(s) within image files .
* Convert image files to the standard ISO format .
* Ability to create ISO image file(s) from a CD-ROM .
* WinISO is the first software to edit BIN/ISO and almost all image file(s) directly!
* You can convert almost all image file formats, including BIN, and save it as a
standard ISO format file.
* Supports almost all known CD-ROM image files, including some virtual CD-
ROM container files.

* Select some files or directories, and then create the ISO based on these files.
* Ability to open an image file, display the file tree, then run files from within the
image file. This can be handy to view files or run programs.
* Because of its file associations, you can simply double click an ISO file in
Windows Explorer to open it.
* Very easy to use interface but powerful enough for an expert.

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Zoner Photo Studio 10.0.15 Enterprise
Zoner Photo Studio 10 is the new way to manage your photos. Have you ever bought photo software and found it’s missing something? With Zoner Photo Studio 10, this will never happen. With Zoner Photo Studio 10 Professional you get an all-in-one photos program for every step from acquiring photos to readying them to organizing them to sharing them.

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InterVideo Home Theater 2
InterVideo Home Theater 2
Get the most out of your multimedia content. Make Home Theater 2 the hub for all your entertainment media, including TV, DVDs, videos, music, photos and radio. Easily navigate through content from your couch with the included remote control, record TV and radio, and burn video clips, pictures and music to disc.

Radio New!
Record radio shows, news, songs you like or any piece from the radio and set a list of your favorite radio stations.

TV Enhanced!
Pause, rewind, record and create your own instant replay while watching live TV with time-shifting functionality (requires TV tuner card with WDM driver).

DVD Enhanced!
Experience your movie like you would in a theater with Dolby Digital audio for amazing surround sound.


Video Clips Enhanced!
Watch home movies or videos, capture still images, burn the video clips on a disc and sort by name or date.

Music Enhanced!
Enjoy your music from an audio CD, MP3 or WMA file, burn and create unique playlists for every mood with music visualizations!

Photo Enhanced!
Create slideshows of your pictures - add background music, transitions, and burn your favorite pictures onto a CD or DVD disc.

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DivX 6.8.3.18 Pro


DivX 6.8.3.18 Pro
DivX package for Windows includes utilities, and documentation that you need to play DivX files, the DivX Pro Codec, DivX Player, DivX Web Player and the DivX Converter, providing all you need to create, play, manage and burn DivX videos.

The most advanced version of DivX® video compression technology, the DivX codec includes a suite of powerful encoding tools enabling the highest levels of visual quality, compression and control. DivX Pro plugs into your video software to produce high-quality movies (at one-tenth the size of a DVD) for viewing on your PC or, with DivX® Certified DVD players, right on your TV.

DivX for Windows is the DivX Codec an advanced digital video codec (coder/decoder) that plugs into popular video software applications. This codec can reduce an MPEG-2 video (DVD format) to ten percent of its original size. DivX is a digital video compression technology based on the ISO MPEG-4 standard. When used in combination with your existing video software, DivX Pro allows you to create and play high-quality DivX videos and provides playback support for interactive video menus, subtitles, alternate audio tracks and more. DivX technology can compress digital videos 5 to 10 times more than the MPEG-2/DVD format and hundreds of times over raw digital video.

DivX Player (6.7.0):
* Play every DivX file ever created (just not all at once)
* Optimized for DivX HD and interactive DivX media files
* Ear drum rocking surround sound
* Upload videos directly to DivX Stage6

DivX Converter (6.6.0) (including the MPEG-2/DVD plug-in) :
* Drag and drop your videos into DivX video in one step
* Create videos with menus, subtitles and other advanced features
* Batch convert multiple files into DivX video
* Create DivX videos to play on more than 90 million DivX Certified devices

DivX Web Player (1.4):
* Play DivX video in your web browser
* Post DivX videos directly on a web page
* Experience cinema-style PC viewing with the desktop dimmer
* Watch DivX videos with subtitles and multiple audio tracks

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- Windows XP/2000/Vista (32-bit)
- Pentium IV 1.3GHz CPU or better for DivX Home Theater Profile video
- Pentium IV 2.8GHz CPU or better for DivX High Definition profile video
128MB RAM or better
- Graphics card with 64MB of RAM or more and supporting 24-bit color or better for Home Theater profile video
- Graphics card with 128MB of RAM or more and supporting 24-bit color or better for DivX High Definition profile video


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Bandwidth Monitor v3.4.735

Bandwidth Monitor tracks traffic of all network connections and displays real-time download and upload speeds in graphical and numerical forms (refer to screen shot below). The software logs traffic of all network connections and provides daily, weekly and monthly traffic reports. Bandwidth Monitor can also display download and upload speeds of multiple network connections on a computer at a time. For example, you can monitor bandwidth of mutiple network cards on your computer at the same time.

Bandwidth Monitor also offers useful built-in utilities: speeds stopwatch, transfer rates recorder, and bandwidth usage notification.

Bandwidth Monitor works with the majority network connections including modem, ISDN, DSL, ADSL, cable modem, Ethernet cards, wireless, VPN, and more. It's fully compatible with Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, and Windows Vista.

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8051 Microcontroller and Embedded Systems, The (2nd Edition) By Muhammad Ali Mazidi, Janice Mazidi, Rolin McKinlay
* Publisher: Prentice Hall
* Number Of Pages: 640
* Publication Date: 2005-10-06
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 013119402X
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780131194021
* Binding: Paperback
Product Description:
This book uses a step-by-step approach to teach the fundamentals of assembly language programming and interfacing of the 8051 microcontroller. It uses many examples to clarify concepts. Simple, concise examples are utilized to show what action each instruction performs, then a sample is provided to show its application. This text provides a comprehensive understanding of the internal organization of the 8051 registers and resources in a way that sheds the student's fear of assembly language. Whether students become designers of stand-alone systems or complex embedded systems, they will find this text a useful resource.

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RS Agarwal Verbal Reasoning


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The Following are actual questions from actual interviews conducted by
Microsoft employees on the main campus. Microsoft Consultants are
sometimes allowed to have a life, so questions asked of them during
interviews don't really count and aren't listed.

The questions tend to follow some basic themes:
Riddles
Algorithms
Applications
Thinkers

Riddles

Why is a manhole cover round?

How many cars are there in the USA? (A popular variant is "How many gas
stations are there in the USA?")

How many manhole covers are there in the USA?

You've got someone working for you for seven days and a gold bar to pay
them. The gold bar is segmented into seven connected pieces. You must
give them a piece of gold at the end of every day. If you are only
allowed to make two breaks in the gold bar, how do you pay your worker?

One train leaves Los Angeles at 15mph heading for New York. Another
train leaves from New York at 20mph heading for Los Angeles on the same
track. If a bird, flying at 25mph, leaves from Los Angeles at the same
time as the train and flies back and forth between the two trains until
they collide, how far will the bird have traveled?

Imagine a disk spinning like a record player turn table. Half of the
disk is black and the other is white. Assume you have an unlimited
number of color sensors. How many sensors would you have to place around the
disk to determine the direction the disk is spinning? Where would they
be placed?

Imagine an analog clock set to 12 o'clock. Note that the hour and
minute hands overlap. How many times each day do both the hour and
minute hands overlap? How would you determine the exact times of the day that
this occurs?

You have two jars, 50 red marbles and 50 blue marbles. A jar will be
picked at random, and then a marble will be picked from the jar.
Placing all of the marbles in the jars, how can you maximize the chances of a
red marble being picked? What are the exact odds of getting a red
marble using your scheme?

Pairs of primes separated by a single number are called prime pairs.
Examples are 17 and 19. Prove that the number between a prime pair is
always divisible by 6 (assuming both numbers in the pair are greater
than 6). Now prove that there are no 'prime triples.'


There is a room with a door (closed) and three light bulbs. Outside the
room there are three switches, connected to the bulbs. You may
manipulate the switches as you wish, but once you open the door you
can't change them. Identify each switch with its bulb.

Suppose you had 8 billiard balls, and one of them was slightly heavier,
but the only way to tell was by putting it on a scale against another.
What's the fewest number of times you'd have to use the scale to find
the heavier ball?

Imagine you are standing in front of a mirror, facing it. Raise your
left hand. Raise your right hand. Look at your reflection. When you
raise your left hand your reflection raises what appears to be his right
hand. But when you tilt your head up, your reflection does too, and
does not appear to tilt his/her head down. Why is it that the mirror appears
to reverse left and right, but not up and down?

You have 4 jars of pills. Each pill is a certain weight, except for
contaminated pills contained in one jar, where each pill is weight + 1.
How could you tell which jar had the contaminated pills in just one
measurement?

The SF Chronicle has a word game where all the letters are scrambled up
and you have to figure out what the word is. Imagine that a scrambled
word is 5 characters long:
How many possible solutions are there?
What if we know which 5 letters are being used?
Develop an algorithm to solve the word.

There are 4 women who want to cross a bridge. They all begin on the
same side. You have 17 minutes to get all of them across to the other
side. It is night. There is one flashlight. A maximum of two people can
cross at one time. Any party who crosses, either 1 or 2 people, must
have the flashlight with them. The flashlight must be walked back and forth,
it cannot be thrown, etc. Each woman walks at a different speed. A pair
must walk together at the rate of the slower woman's pace.

Woman 1: 1 minute to cross
Woman 2: 2 minutes to cross
Woman 3: 5 minutes to cross
Woman 4: 10 minutes to cross

For example if Woman 1 and Woman 4 walk across first, 10 minutes have
elapsed when they get to the other side of the bridge. If Woman 4 then
returns with the flashlight, a total of 20 minutes have passed and you
have failed the mission. What is the order required to get all women
across in 17 minutes? Now, what's the other way?

If you had an infinite supply of water and a 5 quart and 3 quart pail,
how would you measure exactly 4 quarts?
You have a bucket of jelly beans. Some are red, some are blue, and some
green. With your eyes closed, pick out 2 of a like color. How many do
you have to grab to be sure you have 2 of the same?

If you have two buckets, one with red paint and the other with blue
paint, and you take one cup from the blue bucket and poor it into the
red bucket. Then you take one cup from the red bucket and poor it into the
blue bucket. Which bucket has the highest ratio between red and blue?
Prove it mathematically.


Algorithms

What's the difference between a linked list and an array?

Implement a linked list. Why did you pick the method you did?

Implement an algorithm to sort a linked list. Why did you pick the
method you did? Now do it in O(n) time.

Describe advantages and disadvantages of the various stock sorting
algorithms.

Implement an algorithm to reverse a linked list. Now do it without
recursion.

Implement an algorithm to insert a node into a circular linked list
without traversing it.

Implement an algorithm to sort an array. Why did you pick the method
you did?

Implement an algorithm to do wild card string matching.

Implement strstr() (or some other string library function).

Reverse a string. Optimize for speed. Optimize for space.

Reverse the words in a sentence, i.e. "My name is Chris" becomes "Chris
is name My." Optimize for speed. Optimize for space.

Find a substring. Optimize for speed. Optimize for space.

Compare two strings using O(n) time with constant space.

Suppose you have an array of 1001 integers. The integers are in random
order, but you know each of the integers is between 1 and 1000
(inclusive). In addition, each number appears only once in the array,
except for one number, which occurs twice. Assume that you can access each
element of the array only once. Describe an algorithm to find the
repeated number. If you used auxiliary storage in your algorithm, can you find
an algorithm that does not require it?

Count the number of set bits in a number. Now optimize for speed. Now
optimize for size.

Multiple by 8 without using multiplication or addition. Now do the same
with 7.

Add numbers in base n (not any of the popular ones like 10, 16, 8 or 2
-- I hear that Charles Simonyi, the inventor of Hungarian Notation,
favors -2 when asking this question).

Write routines to read and write a bounded buffer.

Write routines to manage a heap using an existing array.

Implement an algorithm to take an array and return one with only unique
elements in it.

Implement an algorithm that takes two strings as input, and returns the
intersection of the two, with each letter represented at most once. Now
speed it up. Now test it.

Implement an algorithm to print out all files below a given root node.
Given that you are receiving samples from an instrument at a constant
rate, and you have constant storage space, how would you design a
storage algorithm that would allow me to get a representative readout
of data, no matter when I looked at it? In other words, representative of
the behavior of the system to date.

How would you find a cycle in a linked list?

Give me an algorithm to shuffle a deck of cards, given that the cards
are stored in an array of ints.

The following asm block performs a common math function, what is it?

cwd xor ax, dx
sub ax, dx

Imagine this scenario:
I/O completion ports are communictaions ports which take handles to
files, sockets, or any other I/O. When a Read or Write is submitted to
them, they cache the data (if necessary), and attempt to take the
request to completion. Upon error or completion, they call a user-supplied
function to let the users application know that that particular request
has completed. They work asynchronously, and can process an unlimited
number of simultaneous requests.

Design the implementation and thread models for I/O completion ports.
Remember to take into account multi-processor machines.

Write a function that takes in a string parameter and checks to see
whether or not it is an integer, and if it is then return the integer
value.

Write a function to print all of the permutations of a string.
Implement malloc.

Write a function to print the Fibonacci numbers.

Write a function to copy two strings, A and B. The last few bytes of

string A overlap the first few bytes of string B.

How would you write qsort?

How would you print out the data in a binary tree, level by level,
starting at the top?

Applications
How can computer technology be integrated in an elevator system for a
hundred story office building? How do you optimize for availability?

Howwould variation of traffic over a typical work week or floor or time of
day affect this?

How would you implement copy-protection on a control which can be
embedded in a document and duplicated readily via the Internet?

Define a user interface for indenting selected text in a Word document.
Consider selections ranging from a single sentence up through
selections of several pages. Consider selections not currently visible
or only partially visible. What are the states of the new UI controls? How will
the user know what the controls are for and when to use them?

How would you redesign an ATM?

Suppose we wanted to run a microwave oven from the computer. What kind
of software would you write to do this?

What is the difference between an Ethernet Address and an IP address?
How would you design a coffee-machine for an automobile.
If you could add any feature to Microsoft Word, what would it be?
How would you go about building a keyboard for 1-handed users?
How would you build an alarm clock for deaf people?

Thinkers
How are M&Ms made?

If you had a clock with lots of moving mechanical parts, you took it
apart piece by piece without keeping track of the method of how it was
disassembled, then you put it back together and discovered that 3
important parts were not included; how would you go about reassembling
the clock?

If you had to learn a new computer language, how would you go about
doing it?

You have been assigned to design Bill Gates bathroom. Naturally, cost
is not a consideration. You may not speak to Bill.
What was the hardest question asked of you so far today?

If MS told you we were willing to invest $5 million in a start up of
your choice, what business would you start? Why?

If you could gather all of the computer manufacturers in the world
together into one room and then tell them one thing that they would be
compelled to do, what would it be?

Explain a scenario for testing a salt shaker.
If you are going to receive an award in 5 years, what is it for and who
is the audience?

How would you explain how to use Microsoft Excel to your grandma?
Why is it that when you turn on the hot water in any hotel, for
example, the hot water comes pouring out almost instantaneously?

Why do you want to work at Microsoft?

Suppose you go home, enter your house/apartment, hit the light switch,
and nothing happens - no light floods the room. What exactly, in order,
are the steps you would take in determining what the problem was?
Interviewer hands you a black pen and says nothing but "This pen is red."

1. Tell me about yourself

Keep your answer short and focused on your professional life. This is not the time to bring up relationships, childhood experiences, family etc. A brief history of education, career and special interests is what is called for here. End it with why you are interested in this particular job

2. Why are you applying for this particular job?

Show interest and demonstrate that you have researched the job and know what you are getting into. Bring up evidence from past work/studies that support your interest in this role and any skills you have acquired in preparation for the role. You can say something like 'I would like to work for a leader in innovative network and telecommunications solutions and my college degree in computatational mathematics has given me a solid background for this role. Mention the value -added you can bring to the job.

3. What do you know about our company?
Indicate what you have learnt from your research activities -from their
annual reports, news papers, word of mouth, other employees etc.
Use this to flatter them and show that you have done your homework.

4. What makes you qualified for this particular job?

Again, explain that you are very interested in the job and demonstrate what it is about your past experiences, education and qualifications that makes you ideal for the job. Show enthusiasm and support your answers with evidence wherever you can (eg. my summer internship at Citibank gave me broad exposure to the area of equity analysis and I think I can apply many of the tools I learnt there in this job). Elaborate on all the past experiences and skill sets that make you suitable for the job. In cases where your past experience is not directly relevant, you can still find elements of it that can be useful. Play up team skills, computer skills, leadership roles, specific courses and independent research activities that can be useful to the job at hand to show your initiative even where you don't have directly relevant job experience.

5. What can you do for us that someone else can't?

Demonstrate key strengths, skills and personal characteristics.

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Virtual Earth 3D (Beta)

Brief Description

Outpost Firewall Pro 2009

Advanced firewall for secure connections
Antispyware to keep your PC spyware-free
Host protection to block zero-day threats
Web control to protect your PC from web-borne threats.

Features:

Safety on the Internet
The two-way firewall stops inappropriate or malicious access to your computer from both internal (LAN) and external (Internet) sources. As a frontline defense, it prevents malware from spreading or “phoning home”, providing protection against hackers, loss of personal data, unknown malware, and unauthorized program activity.

Preemptive threat protection
Outpost’s Host Protection module monitors how programs interact to protect your system against high-level security breaches and has passed all well-known leaktests to prevent unauthorized transmission of information from your PC.

No more spyware!
Eliminate spyware with Outpost’s dedicated antispyware utility. Regular updates and always-on monitoring ensure that spyware cannot activate and cause damage to your data or divert your applications.

Secure web surfing
The versatile Web Control module safeguards you against the Internet’s darker side. It steers you away from websites infected with drive-by downloads, prevents the inadvertent disclosure of personal information, limits your exposure to potentially unsafe web properties, and keeps your identity private.

Bulletproof self-defense
Outpost cannot be deactivated by targeted attacks, ensuring continuity of protection.

Power without complexity
Whether you’re a security novice or expert, you can easily configure Outpost Security Suite 2008 to meet your needs. Thanks to automated and context-sensitive help, the software can learn how to handle firewall alerts and more efficiently adjust to them, so you can focus on what you want to do, and leave the security to Outpost!

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Google Hack v1.6

Important : Google is a pretty powerful search tool. You knew that. You can use it to find information, but you can also use it to find downloadable MP3s, books, videos, and other items. We're going to assume you're just looking for legally available downloads, but the truth of the matter is if someone's posted an MP3 (copyrighted or not) to their web page, Google can find it.
But who has the time to memorize all the search modifiers like "-inurlhtm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent directory" +description +size +(.mp3|.wma|.ogg) ?" That's where Google Hacks comes in. This handy little app will let you search for dozens of file types, song lyrics, cached pages, fonts, and other little goodies hanging out on the web.

Just download and install Google Hacks for Mac, Linux, or Windows, fire it up and enter your search term and check the boxes next to the type of search you want to perform. Your results will show up in your default web browser.
Google Hacks is a compact utility that will allow its users to search google using different google search hacks. Using Google Hacks one can easily do a music search by using a highly optimized and complex search command that can be obtained just by clicking a number of option boxes that can be found in the program?s interface.

OS: Win 98/ME/2000/XP/2003

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SpeedConnect 7.0 - Boost your internet speed

Top internet accelerator (according to PC Magazine), a network settings optimizer to speed up your existing Dial-Up Modem, DSL, Cable, Wireless, LAN, High-speed internet connections.

SpeedConnect Internet Accelerator is a powerful Windows application designed to optimize your network connection and speed up all your internet activities. This translates into a faster internet connection, faster browsing and email, faster downloads, faster online gaming, improved Skype connection.

The speed of your network connection doesn't just depend on the speed of your hardware. Windows is an operating system that is designed to work on a variety of different hardware and network setups. Because of the abstract nature of the operating system, it cannot be optimized for user-specific hardware setups.

Depending on the type of network connection you have, you might be able to tweak your connection so that the speed of your Internet, as well as your local area network, will be faster. By changing the System Registry and optimizing the TCP/IP parameters, SpeedConnect can fine-tune the values to take advantage of more reliable, faster Internet connections.

HOW IT WORKS
SpeedConnect prevents fragmentation in data transfer using the TCP/IP protocols used on the Internet, greatly increasing the connection throughput and the download/upload speeds (Kbps).

Because Windows default network settings have general values and are not optimized for a specific internet connection type, SpeedConnect software calculates, optimize and safely change several network related settings to known optimized values, in a recursive process, until it discovers the best settings for your specific connection. Basically, SpeedConnect applies optimized network settings values which will prevent the data packets fragmentation and will speed up your connection. All this translates into faster web browsing, faster e-mail, faster downloads and improved overall Internet performance.

SPEED OPTIMIZATION
SpeedConnect Internet Accelerator is designed to optimize the network tcp/ip settings and speed up all your internet related activities including browsing, downloading, uploading, streaming, online gaming, sending and receiving email. SpeedConnect Quick Optimizer mode provides the fastest way to speed up your connection. Experienced users get total control in advanced mode, which provides manual access to all settings.

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FIREFOX - MAXIMUM SPEED TUTORIAL

This is a short guide on how to intensify the speed of firefox.

1: Open up Firefox

2: Type "about:config" into the address bar.

3: In the filter bar type "max"

4: Look for...

network.http.max-connections
network.http.max-connections-per-server
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

5: You will see the column "value", now change the value for

network.http.max-connections
network.http.max-connections-per-server
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

to what ever you want. e.g. just add 2 00's to the values.

6: Now once you have changed the values just close firefox and open it up and you will see increased speeds.

Radio & Windows Media Player

Select a Preset Station

Windows Media Player for Windows XP features preset Web radio stations that make listening a snap. It's an easy way to get started and a great introduction to the music capabilities of Windows XP. Once you're on the Internet, you can tune in Web radio.

To listen to Internet radio

Click Start, point to All Programs, and then click Windows Media Player.
Click Radio Tuner.
Double-click a preset Web radio station from the list of featured presets.
That’s all there is to it. Loading a station usually takes a few seconds, after which playing begins automatically.

Create Your Own Presets
Of course, you’re not limited to listening only to preset stations. After all, Internet radio is all about choice. It’s easy to find interesting new stations and create your own presets.

To create preset radio stations

Click Start, and then click Windows Media Player.
Click Radio Tuner.
Click Find More Stations.
Search for stations by keyword or zip code (U.S. only), or browse through editor's selections in genres from Jazz & Blues to Modern Rock to New Age to Sports Radio and more.
Click Use Advanced Search to search for stations based on genre, language, country, and more criteria.
If you find a station that looks interesting, you can click it for more information. To create a preset, click Add to My Stations.
When you are finished, click Return to My Stations.
Click any station in My Stations to play it.
Note Because Radio Tuner contains a live Web page that is hosted by WindowsMedia.com, the process for adding radio stations may change without notice.

Streaming Audio

Web radio is broadcast by a method called streaming. Instead of sending out a constant signal, the station sends out audio in batches, or packets, across the Internet to reach your computer. Each packet is separately numbered, and the data it contains is compressed (reduced in size) for speedier delivery. When the computer receives packets, it decompresses (reconstitutes) their data and plays them in their proper order. The effect is the same as if the information was delivered by means of a continuous signal.

Packets might travel by separate routes to reach your computer and might arrive out of order. To allow for delays, your computer initially stores packets instead of playing them until enough have arrived to fill the time it takes to receive any missing packets before it is their turn to play. The storing process is called buffering. Without streaming audio Web radio would not be possible, and full-length media files would take ages to download.

Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2

Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 Feature Pack 2007 has been released by Microsoft. The version of Feature Pack 2007 is for evaluation purpose only and not to be implemented as a final release. This is not a stand alone product; it requires Windows Embedded Studio tool suite installed. Microsoft has revealed that some components of the operating system have been optimized and that developers will benefit from embedded tools.

Feature Pack 2007 can be installed on Windows XP SP1, SP2 and is compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000 Pro SP 4 and later, Windows XP Pro and Vista.

Minimum Requirements

CPU: 728 MHz Pentium-class processor or higher

Operating System: Windows 2000 SP4 (or later) or Windows XP Professional or Windows Vista (Supported Operating Systems is Windows XP SP2)

Drive: CD-ROM or DVD-ROM

Tools-only install:

Windows 2000 Pro SP 4 (or later) or XP pro or Vista

Memory: 256 MB RAM minimum, 512 MB or higher recommended

Storage: 20 MB Hard Disk space

Display: VGA or higher-resolution monitor, 1024 x 768 recommended

Browser: Internet Explorer 5.5 or later

More details and download

Hard Drive Inspector Pro 2.98 Build 475
Hard Drive Inspector Pro 2.98 Build 475Most computer users argue that information stored on their computer is the most valuable element of the computer system. With the help of the S.M.A.R.T. System, Hard Drive Inspector allows you to predict a possible failure of the HDD before this occurs. As the access to electronic information becomes more and more vital in business and at home, Hard Drive Inspector allows exceeding the traditional limits of HDDs reliability, thus extending the level of valuable user data protection. Hard Drive Inspector has a flexible option system, which allows you to customize the functionality of this utility, according to your needs. Hard Drive Inspector has an easy-to-use, nice-looking interface. It also offers many useful features, which make the S.M.A.R.T. monitoring process full-scale and easy.


Platform: 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
Languages: English, Russian, Norwegian, Italian, German, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Dutch-Belgium, Slovak, Arabic, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese-Brazil, Chinese-Taiwan, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Belorussian, Portuguese, Indonesian, Polish, Romanian

Changes in Hard Drive Inspector 2.98, 07/15/2008:
- Finnish language support has been added (thanks to Vesa Juusola). Windows 2008 Server compatibility.

Size: 2.44 MB

Link:
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Ben Sawyer, Alex Dunne, Tor Berg, "Game Developer's Marketplace"
Coriolis Group Books | ISBN: 1576101770 | (February 1998) | PDF | 728 pages | 1.6 MB

IEEE Spectrum - January 2008

Link :
http://www.ziddu.com/download/1651922/IEEE_Spectrum_Magazine_January_2008_gsk.rar.html

There are many web based calendars online, but Google Calendar is the one I like very much. Google Calendar is loaded with tonnes of features and the user interface is slick and fun to use.

Among the loads of useful features available in Google Calendar, receiving free text/sms notifications directly to your mobile is my favourite. This feature is available to users of most of the countries. You can view the full .

If your country and the mobile service provide is listed in the list of supported providers, here are the few simple steps to be followed for enabling mobile alerts.

Now you are all set to receive SMS alerts for the event reminders you create in Google Calendar.

Creating an Event With SMS Alert:

From now onwards whenever you create an event, you get an extra option “SMS” in the add reminders section. Choose the SMS option and choose the time before the event when you should be reminded.

So from now onwards hope you never miss an event in your web calendar, even though you don’t have access to Internet.
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Quote:
What’s New in Firefox 3:

The Web is all about innovation, and Firefox 3 sets the pace with dozens of new features to deliver a faster, more secure and customizable Web browsing experience for all.

User Experience. The enhancements to Firefox 3 provide the best possible browsing experience on the Web. The new Firefox 3 smart location bar, affectionately known as the “Awesome Bar,” learns as people use it, adapting to user preferences and offering better fitting matches over time. The Firefox 3 Library archives browsing history, bookmarks, and tags, where they can be easily searched and organized. One-click bookmarking and tagging make it easy to remember, search and organize Web sites. The new full-page zoom displays any part of a Web page, up close and readable, in seconds.

Performance. Firefox 3 is built on top of the powerful new Gecko 1.9 platform, resulting in a safer, easier to use and more personal product. Firefox 3 now uses less memory while it’s running, and its redesigned page rendering and layout engine means users see Web pages two to three times faster than Firefox 2.

Security. Firefox 3 raises the bar for security. The new malware and phishing protection helps protect from viruses, worms, trojans and spyware to keep people safe on the Web. Firefox 3’s one-click site ID information allows users to verify that a site is what it claims to be. Mozilla’s open source process leverages the experience of thousands of security experts around the globe.

Customization. Everyone uses the Web differently, and Firefox 3 lets users customize their browser with more than 5,000 add-ons. Firefox Add-ons allow users to manage tasks like participating in online auctions, uploading digital photos, seeing the weather forecasts, and listening to music, all from the convenience of the browser. The new Add-ons Manager helps users to find and install add-ons directly from the browser.

Wonderful wallpapers for your desktop background !!!!

Its so nice ... Check them out ...


download link:

Easily Speed Up Your Bsnl Broadband
Tip 1: One of the major problems with BSNL Dataone Broadband connection is the DNS servers they provide by default. Most of the time they are very slow and sometimes they fail to respond. I noticed that I am starting to spend a significant amount of time in DNS resolution with Dataone connection, often it is larger than the time it takes to actually get the reponse. Here is a simple solution to significantly speed up your DNS resolution. Open up the network connection profile and edit TCP/IP settings.
Disconnect the connection and then connect again. You are done. This specifies third party DNS servers which are significantly faster than BSNL Dataone’s DNS servers. Note: The service is provided by OpenDNS.

Tip 2: Firefox users can use FlashBlock extension to prevent downloading of Flash content by default, thereby significantly speeding up browsing experience. You can click on the placeholder icon to display the original Flash content any time. This is more of a passive tip in that reduces data usage to improve your overall experience.

But i recommend all users 2nd tip rather than first ... Second tip is most successful one over the another since all succeded using tip-2 only .... So decide !!!

A c++ program for guess your age

#include

int main()
{
using std::cout;
using std::cin;

int Grid1;
int Grid2;
int Grid3;
int Grid4;
int Grid5;
int Grid6;
int Age;
int Check = 2;

while(Check == 2)
{
cout << "Is your age here?\n\n"; //Grid 1 cout << " 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15\n"; cout << "17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31\n"; cout << "33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47\n"; cout << "49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63\n\n"; cout << "1.Yes\n2.No\n"; cin >> Grid1;

switch (Grid1)
{
case 1: Grid1 = 1;
break;
case 2: Grid1 = 0;
break;
default: cout << "Please enter a number 1 or 2.\n"; break; } cout << "\nIs your age here?\n\n"; //Grid 2 cout << " 2 3 6 7 10 11 14 15\n"; cout << "18 19 22 23 26 27 30 31\n"; cout << "34 35 38 39 42 43 46 47\n"; cout << "50 51 54 55 58 59 62 63\n\n"; cout << "1.Yes\n2.No\n"; cin >> Grid2;

switch (Grid2)
{
case 1: Grid2 = 2;
break;
case 2: Grid2 = 0;
break;
default: cout << "Please enter a number 1 or 2.\n"; break; } cout << "\nIs your age here?\n\n"; //Grid 3 cout << " 4 5 6 7 12 13 14 15\n"; cout << "20 21 22 23 28 29 30 31\n"; cout << "36 37 38 39 44 45 46 47\n"; cout << "52 53 54 55 60 61 62 63\n\n"; cout << "1.Yes\n2.No\n"; cin >> Grid3;

switch (Grid3)
{
case 1: Grid3 = 4;
break;
case 2: Grid3 = 0;
break;
default: cout << "Please enter a number 1 or 2.\n"; break; } cout << "\nIs your age here?\n\n"; //Grid 4 cout << " 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15\n"; cout << "24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31\n"; cout << "40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47\n"; cout << "56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63\n\n"; cout << "1.Yes\n2.No\n"; cin >> Grid4;

switch (Grid4)
{
case 1: Grid4 = 8;
break;
case 2: Grid4 = 0;
break;
default: cout << "Please enter a number 1 or 2.\n"; break; } cout << "\nIs your age here?\n\n"; //Grid 5 cout << "16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23\n"; cout << "24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31\n"; cout << "48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55\n"; cout << "56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63\n\n"; cout << "1.Yes\n2.No\n"; cin >> Grid5;

switch (Grid5)
{
case 1: Grid5 = 16;
break;
case 2: Grid5 = 0;
break;
default: cout << "Please enter a number 1 or 2.\n"; break; } cout << "\nIs your age here?\n\n"; //Grid 6 cout << "32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39\n"; cout << "40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47\n"; cout << "48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55\n"; cout << "56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63\n\n"; cout << "1.Yes\n2.No\n"; cin >> Grid6;

switch (Grid6)
{
case 1: Grid6 = 32;
break;
case 2: Grid6 = 0;
break;
default: cout << "Please enter a number 1 or 2.\n"; break; } Age = Grid1 + Grid2 + Grid3 + Grid4 + Grid5 + Grid6; cout << "\nYou are " <<>> Check;
}

return 0;

}

if you want to listen radio mirchi on your computer

open media player --> file --> open url -->type this site http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/asx/radiomirchi.asx

RadioTarana-NewZealand ==> mms://l1.r2.co.nz/tarana-1

106.2 HUMFM - UAE ==> http://www.humfm.com/humfm.asx

RadioOfIndia - Bollywood ==> http://www.radioofindia.com/asf/bollywood.asx

RadioOfIndia - Bhajans ==> http://www.radioofindia.com/asf/bhajans.asx

RadioOfIndia - Classical ==> http://66.238.65.109/classical

DesiSoundz - India ==> http://desisoundz.com:8000

Sabras radio - UK ==> http://ct1.fast-serv.com:8744

Haagstad Radio - Holand ==> mms://81.205.146.32:21/haagstadradio

RadioTeenTaal - Paris ==> http://www.radioteentaal.com/masala128.wax

ApnaRadio - USA ==> http://www.apnaradio.com/live/media24/ApnaRadio.asx

BombayBeats FM ==> http://www.1.fm/player/energybbfm32k.asx

Punjabi Radio - UK ==> http://azul.streamguys.com/panjabradio?MSWMExt=.asf

Amrit Bani - UK ==> http://62.25.97.192/amritbani?MSWMExt=.asf

Yarr Radio - UK ==> mms://193.218.160.20/yaarradio

Sunrise FM - UK ==> http://62.25.96.7/sunrise

Radio XL - UK ==> http://www.vtuner.com/vTunerweb/mms/m3u13219.m3u

Asian Gold Radio - UK ==> http://62.25.96.7/asiangold

Asian Sound Radio - UK ==> http://www.vtuner.com/vtunerweb/mms/mms15278.asx

Sanskar Radio - UK ==> http://www.vtuner.com/vTunerweb/mms/m3u18290.m3u

Trishul 90.5 FM ==> http://www.vtuner.com/vtunerweb/mms/mms14734.asx

Radio Apni Awaz ==> mms://67.15.80.29/radioapniawaz

Radio India - Canada ==> mms://live.radioindiabroadcasting.com/liveradio

City 101.6 FM - Dubai ==> http://asx.abacast.com/arabian_radio-city-24.asx

DDLive Video - India ==> http://164.100.51.209/ddlive?MSWMExt=.asf

AajKal - Asian Network ==> http://stream.servstream.com/ViewWeb/BBCRadio_music/Event/BBCAsianNetwork_hi.asx

BBC News ==> http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/meta/tx/nb/live_news_au_nb.asx

200 Practical tips to recover your damaged Hard Drive.. Hard drive failures may be responsible for the biggest headaches IT professionals experience. Recovering lost or corrupted data from failed disks is a nightmare. Fortunately, you have help. TechRepublic asked its members what recovery methods worked best for them.And improve HDD space to large extent GOOD LUCK GUYS!!!!!

File: 200_Ways_to_Revive_a_Hard_Drive.rar
DownloadLink: http://rapidshare.com/files/129276997/200_Ways_to_Revive_a_Hard_Drive.rar

The XP Files: Windows' Hidden Tools for Secure Sharing, Communication, and Collaboration
Paperback: 321 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/OsborneMedia
Language: English



One outstanding book--> Windows XP's amazing abilities are revealed by Guy Hart-Davis in The XP Files: Windows' Hidden Tools for Secure Sharing, Communication, and Collaboration. The XP Files reveals just how to best master and implement the full range of powerful, secure (and hidden) Internet communication tools within XP. Included are a wealth of "user friendly" tips on how to securely exchange music, video, or any type of file, conference via video or voice, make free calls to anyone in the world, and protect users' privacy. If you use Windows XP, then you can't do better than to have The XP Files within arm's reach at all times!

File: windhidden.rar
DownloadLink: http://rapidshare.com/files/129277450/windhidden.rar

File Size: 15 MB

Installation:


1)Extract the UXTheme Multi-Patcher 4.0.exe on your Desktop
2)Extract all themes in C:\programs\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes (If you do not have such folder plz create one)
3)Apply Patch (UXTheme Multi-Patcher 4.0.exe) Ignore any Windows File Protection message!!!
4)Restart Windows
5)Right-Click on Desktop>>Click Properties>>Select ‘Appearance’ Tab>>Choose your theme in the ‘Windows and Buttons’ Drop-Down menu.
Enjoy!!!!

File: 30_Beautiful_Vista_themes_for_XP_VaLiD.rar
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Windows Live Messenger 2009[17Mb]
What distinguishes this version? This edition contains a new and formidable of the new additions and significant improvements, including:

? Animated Display Pictures Messenger now supports animated GIF to put it as personal.
? Link in Personal Status Message personal message that appears next to your name can link a particular location.
? Voices dedicated friend (now possible to selected votes each particular friend Wilkenk discrimination of any of your friends sent you a letter away from the computer).
? Signed join Signature sounds chose Beck hears the voice of special friends at the intervention Sign-in
SPAM Reporting-reporting of any advertising messages disturbing.
? Many other repairs to make the process of entering Signing-in Web faster, and reduce the suspended load .. This version might solve the problem of the inability to enter Signing-in facing the other.
? Access Sign-in from more than one place more than one computer (4 computers max)



Forget about Windows Live Messenger 8.1 and 8.5, Microsoft is cooking Windows Live Messenger 9.0. Currently, Windows Live Messenger 9.0 is in the very early stages of baking, but this does not mean that the Redmond company is not perfecting the receipt of its instant messaging client. Andrew Jenks, a Microsoft employee speaking at the Georgia Institute of Technology revealed that Windows Live Messenger 9.0 is planned for availability towards
the end of 2008, but it could slip into 2009.

File: Windows_Live_Messenger_2009.rar
DownloadLink: http://rapidshare.com/files/129275629/Windows_Live_Messenger_2009.rar

Google Earth PRO v4.2.0205.5730 + Crack
The idea is simple. It's a globe that sits inside your PC. You point and zoom to anyplace on the planet that you want to explore. Satellite images and local facts zoom into view. Tap into Google search to show local points of interest and facts. Zoom to a specific address to check out an apartment or hotel. View driving directions and even fly along your route.


Download Link:
http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4162967/Google_Earth_Pro_v4.2.0205.5730_Final___Patch___Logo_Google_Remo

DFX Audio Enhancement v8.500 (All Products) | 11,3MB

Give your digital music files more vibrancy with DFX® Audio Enhancer! DFX enhances your music listening experience by improving the sound quality of MP3, Windows Media, Internet radio and other music files. With DFX you can transform the sound of your PC into that of an expensive stereo system placed in a perfectly designed listening environment. Renew stereo depth, boost your audio levels and produce a deep, rich bass sound.


DFX Audio Enhancement Features:

· Advanced DSP Sound Enhancement Effects
· Speakers and Headphones Optimization
· Finely-tuned, Customizable Music Presets
· Dynamic Sound Spectrum Analyzer
· Powerful Audio Processing Modes
· Stylish, Shapely Skins
· Space Saving Mini-mode Interface
· 5.1/7.1 Surround Sound Support

DFX dramatically improves your digital audio experience with:

· 3D Surround Sound - Immerse yourself inside the music
· Stereo Ambience - renew lost stereo depth High Fidelity Restoration
· Dynamic Gain Boosting - pump up the volume
· Headphones Optimization - Hear more pleasant, natural sounds with headphones
· Customizable Music Presets - Select finely-tuned settings for many styles of music
· Booming HyperBass - produce deep, rich bass sounds
· High Fidelity Restoration - eliminate that “muffled” sound
· Spectrum Analyzer - “See” DFX enhance your sound
· Music and Speech Modes - Get optimized sound for any type of audio
· Customizable Skins - Choose from hundreds of skins

Advanced DSP Sound Effects:

* Harmonic Fidelity Restoration.
Adding Fidelity to your audio eliminates the “muffled” sound that is an artifact of the data compression algorithms used in Internet audio formats. DFX compensates for this loss of high frequency fidelity by carefully regenerating the missing high frequency harmonics in the audio. This harmonic restoration is performed using patent-pending technology that carefully synthesizes high frequency harmonics to replace the harmonics lost during the encoding process.

* Ambience, Stereo Imaging.
Adding Ambience to your audio compensates for the lost or diminished stereo depth that is the result of closely located speakers, poor listening environments, and sonic losses due to data compression of Internet audio formats. DFX compensates for the reduced stereo imaging and depth of PC audio by carefully regenerating the ambience and stereo depth. This same ambience processing has been used by Grammy winning engineers of artists such as Alanis Morissette and Ella Fitzgerald.

* 3D Surround Sound.
Using the 3D Surround Sound component adds amazing depth and body to your audio, compensating for monitoring limitations and sonic losses due to data compression. With 3D Surround processing the sounds will surround you, virtually putting you inside the music! 3D Surround enhances the sound played on conventional 2-speaker systems and makes even small PC speaker systems sound larger and richer. It is also fully compatible with Surround Sound playback systems.

* HyperBass.
Using the HyperBass component adds deep, rich bass sound to your audio by compensating for the bass limitations of almost all PC-based audio systems and data-compressed audio formats. DFX does this by carefully regenerating the low frequency harmonics, thus increasing the perceived bass, but without exceeding the speakers physical limits, adding or changing speakers or amplifiers, and without increased power consumption. HyperBass greatly improves the bass performance of any sound system.

* Dynamic Gain Boosting.
Adding Dynamic Boost increases the perceived loudness of your audio while minimizing distortion levels, particularly when using Internet audio systems. By adding Dynamic Gain Boosting, your playback system will sound twice as loud without losing any punch on loud passages.
Typical PC-based multimedia playback systems and even home stereo playback systems suffer from limited dynamic range and headroom. Dynamic Boost compensates for this limited headroom by carefully processing the audio to increase the perceived loudness of the audio without altering the perceived dynamic range.

New and improved features in DFX 8.5:
- Improved sound enhancement processing including full 5.1 and 7.1 Surround Sound support
- Enhanced stylish interface
- New vertical mini-mode which nicely integrates with media players
- Smart player snapping and auto-minimize
- Informative audio status display

Keeping your privacy is simple and easy. Hide IP Platinum will find the proxy server available to you and set it as your proxy server automatically. There is nothing need you to concern. Hide IP Platinum have done everything for you. Hide IP Platinum searches for high anonymous proxy server and makes you complete invisible to any Web sites you are surfing.With Hide IP you can hide your ID in the Internet, avoid your personal information be used to send you spam and junk e-mails by many marketers and advertising agencies who have information about your interests and know your IP address as well as your e-mail. It can also keep your computer away from hacker attacks by hiding your IP address.


Key Features of Hide IP Platinum:




Protect you from any website that wants to monitor your reading interests and spy upon you through your unique IP address - your ID in the Internet

Avoid your personal information be used to send you spam and junk emails by many marketers and advertising agencies who having information about your interests and knowing your IP address as well as your email

Keeping your computer away from hacker attacks by hiding your IP address as well as information about your operation system

Ability to frequently change IP addresses increases privacy

Enable and disable Hide IP Platinum as your wish with a single click ]

Bypass the restrictions by some owners of Internet resources on users from certain countries or geographical regions

Post on bulletin boards without displaying your real IP address

Use with a web based mail service to send anonymous email

Great for monitoring your overseas search engine campaigns

Doesn't like other services force you to pay a monthly fee for anonymous surfing. For a low one-time price, you can visit whatever web sites without anyone ever finding out



DownloadFile: Hide_IP_Platinum_v3.5.rar
DownloadLink: http://rapidshare.com/files/129268533/Hide_IP_Platinum_v3.5.rar

password: www.thehotzone.org

ESET NOD32 Antivirus 3.0.669 | 34,36 Mb | इंग्लिश

Your best defense against viruses, trojans and other forms of malware-and the top choice for IT professionals. Powered by the ThreatSense® engine with advanced heuristics, which blocks far more unknown threats than the competition. Antivirus protection is spelled "NOD32." Built on the award-winning ThreatSense® engine, ESET NOD32 Antivirus software proactively detects and eliminates more viruses, trojans, worms, adware, spyware, phishing, rootkits and other Internet threats than any program available.

It's the ideal antivirus for Windows XP, and also runs smoothly on Windows legacy systems, MS-DOS, file servers, mail servers, and more.
No matter what your system, there is no better antivirus protection. ESET NOD32 Antivirus was awarded the "BEST Antivirus Solution" in 2006 and 2007 by AV-Comparatives. Compare antivirus solutions here to learn more, or check out the latest virus bulletin.



ESET NOD32 Antivirus provides:
Proactive Protection: The award winning ThreatSense technology combines multiple layers of detection protecting you from Internet threats before it is too late.
Precise Detection: ESET accurately identifies known and unknown threats. It consistently wins top awards from testing labs and is recognized for having zero false positives.
Lightweight Design: Requires less memory and CPU power, allowing your computer to run fast, making more room for games, web browsing, and emailing.
Fast Scanning Speeds: Highly efficient program ensuring fast file scanning and product updates। It runs quietly in the background.

File: AntivirusHomeEdition3.0.669x86.rar
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MusicMatch Jukebox 10.0.4033 Plus | 25.58 MB
MusicMatch Jukebox lets you record, organize, and play digital music. Lets you record your favorite songs from your CDs to high quality digital music files, stream music from the Net to


MusicMatch player, download music online and organize your digital music into a powerful Music Library on your PC. Gives you high fidelity, high quality and high speed you won t find in any other jukebox software.

File: Music_Match_Jukebox_Plus_10.00.4033.rar
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GRE and TOEFL

Preparing for the GRE/TOEFL

It takes quite some time for preparing well for the GRE. Usually, six months' time is enough for most people (in case you wish to prepare systematically and gradually) but you should allocate at least 45 days as a minimum for the GRE. The GRE has three sections:

Verbal (this includes multiple choice questions (MCQ) on antonyms, relationships, logic and reading comprehension)

Quantitative (the easiest of 'em all, this should be a real pushover for any engineering student. Has MCQs on various topics like algebra, arithmetic etc.)

Analytical (starting Oct. 2002, this section has two questions which must be answered. The answers must be in essay form)

Each section takes at least 15 days preparation which is why 45 days in the minimum for GRE as a whole. Of course, all this is assuming you have the requisite skills - vocabulary, logic, essay-writing, mathematical etc. The duration mentioned is only for practice and not for learning these skills!

Quite a lot of books are available for the GRE. Not all books are up to the mark, so you should choose the right book for preparation. Further, you should also practice mock GRE computer tests which would give you a fair idea of where you stand. You may follow these books for preparing for the GRE:

Barron's guide to the GRE (the bible for GRE aspirants)

Peterson's guide to the GRE

Kaplan's testprep for the GRE

Arco's study guide (though not a very good book, contains a lot of practice tests)

Word Power by Norman Lewis (useful for etymological guesswork)

Rosenberg's book on vocabulary (I don't exactly remember what the title was)

The GRE Big book (there is actually no such book but its the informal name given to a compilation of GRE question papers over a period of some 20 years. Very good for practice. In Chennai, it is available in the xerox shop near Mandakini (?) hostel)

There are many more books but these books would by themselves take quite some time to finish. So, I guess this would be enough. However, if you have an appetite for more such testprep books, visit the nearest bookshop!

As far as the TOEFL is concerned, a week's preparation would be enough for most people. At most two weeks would be enough for just about anybody. The TOEFL is composed of the following sections:

Listening (dialogues spoken by voices in an American accent will be heard and questions will be asked after the end of the speech)

Reading (passages will be displayed based on which questions will be asked; easier than the corresponding questions in the GRE)

Structure/Writing (the structure part contains questions on identifying grammatical mistakes in sentences; the writing part consists of writing a 250-word essay on a given topic)

You need not worry much for the TOEFL. A week's gap after the GRE would be enough. No books are needed for preparing for TOEFL but it would certainly help preparing using the PowerPrep for TOEFL (unlike the GRE, this software is NOT given free by the ETS).

Taking the GRE/TOEFL

Most universities in the U.S. require that prospective students take GRE and/or TOEFL for admission. Most universities have a certain cutoff for TOEFL. Often it is pegged at 213 or so. As far as GRE is concerned, your department decides what the minimum allowable score is.

Booking dates for GRE/TOEFL is fairly simple. You can book online at http://www.gre.org/ and http://www.toefl.org/ or by phone. However, you must call Prometric services (the authorised agents of ETS - the agency that conducts GRE and TOEFL exams) at New Delhi for booking your dates. For both of these methods you must possess a credit card (Visa/MasterCard). There is also an alternative method, you may book your GRE/TOEFL by snail mail (i.e. by normal post). Information regarding this can be found at the nearest USEFI centre. For the uninitiated, USEFI stands for the United States Educational Foundation in India. These centres are usually located in the nearest U.S. Consulate or embassy (if in N.Delhi). You can choose the centre for testing (closest to where you live).

The GRE (as also the TOEFL) is a computerised test which must be delivered at an ETS authorised centre. Usually this goes by the name Thomson Prometric/Sylvan. In Chennai, this is located in Jagannathan Road (opp. Hotel Ganpat) in the STAR Vijay building complex. The TOEFL test shows the results (except for the essay section) immediately after completion of the test. The same applies for the GRE too. With effect from October 1, 2002, the GRE includes a compulsory essay (analytical) section and hence (unlike the earlier edition of GRE) the complete results are not displayed. The official scores (for both GRE and TOEFL) are sent to you around two-three weeks after the test. During the test (both GRE and TOEFL) you have the option of reporting the test scores to a maximum of four universities. Therefore, you should have decided the universities you wish joining as this can save quite a sum. Remember, it takes $25 to report both GRE and TOEFL scores to a single university (not including the $6 if you are reporting by phone). For four universities, this comes to $100!

After taking your GRE and TOEFL, you should decide to which universities you send the test scores (other than the four you might have sent scores to during the test). You may report the scores by post or by phone. In case you wish to report by post, you can download the ASR (Additional Score Report) form from the GRE/TOEFL website. Alternatively you can make use of the form provided with the official score report packet. Each university costs you $25 for a GRE and TOEFL report. In case you wish to report using phone, you must pay an additional $6 per phone session (during each session, you may report scores for a maximum of four universities).

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Deciding on the program and universities

Before you finish the third year of your B.E., you should have decided the area(s) of interest and the universities you intend applying to. Choosing the area of interest is not much difficult as by the end of the second year you should have a fair idea of where your interest lies. For example, if you are a geoinformatics engineering student, you might be interested in remote sensing. In such a case, you might consider applying to universities which excel in this particular field. After deciding your field of interest, you should pin down the universities you wish applying to. I have formulated a scheme for choosing universities:

2/7 ^th of the universities should be highly-ranked (dream schools or those belonging to the so called Ivy League) and should fall within the 1-20 ranking range.

2/7 ^th of the universities should fall in the 21-50 range (these are called the safe schools because you know you stand a fair chance of getting into such schools)

3/7 ^th of the universities can be low-ranked schools (i.e. beyond rank 50)

While this is the general scheme for choosing universities, the rank ranges may change depending on each individual's capabilities. Rankings for U.S. universities can be found at http://www.usnews.com/ (nowadays it is a paid site; you won't get rankings for more than 10 schools. However, if you can find a way to get to the full rankings, it would help you decide better). Another source is the annual NRC (National Research Council) rankings. You can do a search in http://www.google.com/ for the current NRC rankings. Using both ranklists, you can get a clear idea of which university you should choose.

One word of caution: do not choose universities primarily based on the costs involved. Remember that even the cheapest U.S. universities charge fees in excess of $15,000 (more than Rs. 7,50,000) PER year and so there is no logic in omitting universities on the basis of fees. Another fact that you should understand is that the cheapest is no necessarily the best!

Applying to the universities of your choice

Once you have finalised the universities you wish to join, you must start applying. Most universities have stopped issuing application packages after the advent of the Internet. However, you may try asking the university to send you a package. Almost all universities have downloadable application files (as pdf files) which can be printed and filled in. This is certainly preferable as it cuts down the time needed to receive the application package.

Applying involves sending documents (in addition to your filled-up application) which you need to prepare. These documents need some time for preparation and therefore, you should not sit down at the time of application for these documents. They are as follows:

Statement of Purpose (SoP)

This is a brief statement of your degree goals, why you have chosen such and such university and why you wish to take up such and such field of study. Many universities may require more information to be provided. Usually this is a one or two-page essay which is to be provided with the application. SoP is a very important factor in deciding your admission to the university and grant of financial aid. So, make sure you prepare your SoP well ahead of time so that you have enough time to get it revised, corrected and edited many times. Writing an SoP is not like writing just another essay. It requires lot of patience, time, and focus to write a successful SoP. You can download my SoPs from here. At the end of the page you can find links to some guides on writing SoPs.

Financial statement

This arguably is one of the biggest worries of applicants to U.S. universities. "How do I show enough funds for the fees indicated?" is a question that would dog every prospective apper. Most U.S. universities charge at least Rs.7,50,000 per year as fees. For a two-year course, it would be necessary to document a minimum of Rs.15 lakhs. That is certainly an astronomical sum for most Indian families. So how do you exactly go about documenting such a huge sum. Usually, this is done by providing a bank statement to the university indicating the ability of the sponsor (this could be your father, mother, uncle etc.). If you belong to a well-to-do family or if you have such a relative, it should not be a problem for you. You only need to get a bank statement and an affidavit of support from your sponsor. Formats for both can be downloaded from here. For those who don't have the financial wherewithal or don't have any affluent relatives might consider approaching 'agents' for this purpose. Though the name 'agent' might sound scary, they are actually professional bankers who indulge in providing financial statements for a fee. Their modus operandi involves depositing a certain amount (which is decided by your university fees) in a bank account opened in your name. They retain the passbook and cheque book thus rendering any chances of pilfering from your side! They usually charge fees on a per-lakh basis. A certain agent in Chennai charges Rs.350 per lakh documented. After preparing the financial statement, the amount is withdrawn and the account closed. I definitely feel this might be unethical or maybe even illegal (I am not aware of laws that may apply here) but there are times when you should take the plunge when there is no way out. But be careful of touts and be sure you have verified the antecedents of the agent before involving yourself in any transaction.

Recommendation letters

These are letters issued by your professors indicating your competence for pursuing such and such program at such and such university. The letters are usually drafted by the professor himself and returns it to the student in a sealed envelope. However, nowadays most professors ask students to write the letter themselves and correct it before approving it. But, you should not assume this to be the norm and embarrass your professor. It is wise to be circumspect in such matters! Reco letters (as they are informally called) are 100 to 150-word letters stating in brief the professor's opinion of the student, his capabilities, and any other information that might be useful to the university in gauging the student. I have included some general templates for reco letters here. You may download them and use them for your recos. But be careful not copy it word-for-word. University officials are very careful in detecting such malpractices and so make sure you use these templates only for reference.

Transcripts

A transcript is an official statement of your marks (till the semester for which marks are available) issued by your university (please note that most U.S. universities do not accept mark statements issued by the college for applicants from India and Pakistan. The transcript must necessarily have been issued by the university only. A notable example is the Ohio State University which explicitly states in its brochure "Applicants from Pakistani or Indian universities: Submit mark sheets from your university certified as true copies of the originals. Mark sheets prepared by the college are not acceptable."). Usually, there is no strict format for a transcript - most unversities only need an attested (copy of your) marksheet; the only requirement being that the transcript should be provided in a sealed envelope.

Résumé

This is rarely needed but some universities like the University of Florida, Gainesville insist on a résumé. Hence it is better to prepared on such grounds. A sample résumé can be downloaded from here. Résumés find their true use when contacting your department professors for financial assistantships.

Sending the application

After you have finished filling your application, you can pack it in along with all other application materials (like SoP, recos etc.) in a large thick envelope. Usually, you may need to send two envelopes - one to the Graduate School and another to your department - though some universities may need you send in only one envelope. Prepare address slips (print out addresses from a PC onto slips; the font face may be chosen as Garamond and a large size may be chosen) to be pasted on the envelopes. Even if you apply online, you must send envelopes for documents like your transcripts, reco letters etc. If you have a month's time before the application deadline, you may send your envelopes by normal registered post itself. Sending them through courier or Speed Post may sound attractive but it seves no purpose as normal mail to the U.S. reaches reliably in fifteen days or so. You can save a lot of money by sending your envelopes through normal post; don't worry, the Indian postal system isn't really what it used to be. What I mean here is it is at par with most international services.

Scholarships and loans

Banks offer educational loans up to Rs.4 lakhs without the need for a security. If you meet their criteria (this will definitely vary from bank to bank), you are eligible to apply for an educational loan. If you wish to apply for a loan amount greater than Rs.4 lakhs you would be required to show 100% security. In both cases, simple interest for the same has to be paid on a monthly basis. Most banks offer loans at 1% per month (or 12% per annum) and this interest has to be paid regularly either by your sponsor. Examples of banks offering loans are SBI, Canara, Syndicate etc. Before applying for a loan, I would recommend you see the websites of the banks you would like to apply to. That would give you a fair idea of the terms and condition of each loan. I would suggest loan applicants to try applying to different banks simultaneously for the no-security loan as you would not only get the amount you need (more than the 4 lakhs given in a single loan) but also would not need to struggle to provide security for the amount. As far as my knowledge goes, there is no legal hurdle preventing from obtaining simultaneous loans nor do the banks mention it as a disqualification for obtaining loan from them.

Obtaining an education scholarship from a charitable organisation is a bit more difficult as they subject you to a lot of questions and take a lot of time in processing your application. Therefore, give yourself a month or two for applying for a scholarship. There are many organisations which provide loan/scholarships to needy students. You need to watch out newspapers and other media for advertisements. At the bottom of the page you can find some links to a few such organisations. Given below is an address-list of a few organisations in India.

J.N.Tata Endowment The Director, J.N. Tata Endowment, Bombay House, 24 Homi Modi Street, Mumbai - 400001	K.C.Mahindra Educational Trust The Managing Trustee, K.C.Mahindra Education Trust, Cecil Court, Mahakavi Bushan Marg, Mumbai - 400039
Mariwala Trust The Managing Tustee, Mariwala Charity Trust, 409 Shah and Nahar Industrial Estate, Dr. E. Moses Rd, Worli Naka, Mumbai - 400018	R.D.Sethna Scholarship Fund The Chief Executive, R.D.Sethna Scholarship Fund, Esplanade House, 29 Hazarimal Somani Marg, Fort, Mumbai - 400001
Lotus Trust Scholarships Lotus Trust, Lotus House, 6 New Marine Lines, Mumbai - 400020	Sir Ratan Tata Trust Sir Ratan Tata Trust, c/o J.N.Tata Endowment, Bombay House, 24, Homi Modi Street, Mumbai - 400020
Seth Pirojshah Godrej Foundation Seth Pirojshah Godrej Foundation Godrej Bhavan, Waudby Road, Fort, Mumbai - 400001 (Go here personally)	AMM Lakshmi Achi scholarship The Secretary AMM Foundation “Tiam House” 4th Floor 28 Rajaji Salai Chennai 600 001
Naina Parikh Education Trust Vithaldas Chambers, Opp. State Bank, Bruce Street, Mumbai - 400001	TataChem Golden Jubilee Foundation Bombay House, 24, Homi Modi Street, Mumbai - 400020

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Post-apping stage

Getting your visa

An F-1 visa to the U.S. is fairly simple to obtain if your credentials are perfect. You stand a better chance if you have received some form of funding from the university. As of May, 2003, the U.S. Department of State requires all first-time F-1 applicants to go through a mandatory interview irrespective of whether funding has been provided by the university or not. However, don't panic. A visa interview is usually quite a simple procedure if you approach it in the way it should be. Getting a visa involves three steps:

Booking a date for the visa interview

If you live in Chennai, Kolkata or New Delhi, you can book your visa date online at http://www.ttsvisas.com/. You should book your visa date sometime during the first week of May for a date in June and beyond. Remember that during the third week of May, there would be a mad rush to book dates. So, be cautioned! Choose a date that would not only be convenient for you but when you would confident of knowing your final semester grades as also of receiving your course completion certificate. Ideally, the second or third week of June would be good for anybody. You should also keep in mind your reporting date as mentioned in the I-20. The visa interview should not be too close to the reporting date or you will not have enough time for preparing for your stay in the U.S. Likewise, it can't be too further (according to the U.S. Department of State regulations, you may not apply 90 days before your reporting date) to the reporting date.

Preparing for the interview

This involves two aspects - the monetary and the intellectual. As far as the monetary aspect is concerned, you need to show enough proof of funds for your entire stay at the U.S. (except the amount received as aid). For this, you may show a bank statement (as stated above for the application process) and/or a C.A. certificate. Additionally, you may need to show a property/jewellery certificate in case you are mortgaging your land/jewellery etc. to fund your higher studies. Refer to the above section on applying on how to obtain a bank statement etc. For the intellectual aspect, you need to prepare for the possible questions that will be asked by the visa officer. Information for both is provided in this digest. Also join some egroup which caters to the students leaving for U.S. for the Fall (or Spring) session. Do a search in http://groups.yahoo.com/ and you should be fine. Such groups have a lot of info. During my time, I was a member of the fall-2003, fall_2003, chennaifall2003 and fall2003chennai egroups which helped me a lot to prepare for my visa interview.

Attending the interview

If you have prepared well in the above steps, you should find the visa interview a breeze. However, do not be over confident. Just be yourself and answer the questions calmly and confidently. Confidence is the key here - you may sneak in a lie by answering confidently but a truthful answer will be deemed a lie if you take time to answer it. One thought for those who might find it hard suppressing the nerves: Remember that going to the U.S. and doing your M.S. in neither the only thing to do in life nor the end of the world if you don't get to do it. Just think of it as just another day in your life and the visa officer as just another stranger. Maybe the fact that he is an American might intimidate you but think like this: would you feel scared talking to an American tourist? Just think that he/she is not the deciding authority behind your future. Such thoughts would definitely boost your self-confidence, morale and pep you up!

Post-visa stage

Once you get your visa, the first thing to do is to get your flight ticket. Take a route that is the shortest, cheapest and the most continuous. A flight to Frankfurt/London from your city in India and then onto your final destination would be the best option. This is because it is better not to get into the hands of our depraved customs officers! British Airways or Lufthansa would be a good choice but for heaven's sake please do not try flying with Air India. The money saved thus is definitely not worth the anxiety of a late/cancelled flight. Besides, these airlines are the most professionally managed in the world and would provide you a comfortable transit to the U.S. British Airways is more preferable to its German counterpart because of its alliance with American Airlines (a domestic airlines company in the U.S.) which make it unnecessary to buy two tickets in case you final destination is not directly accessible from London.

The next best thing to do is to go on a purchasing spree. Purchase goods which you might find necessary for your survival in the U.S. A detailed information booklet on what you need to do in the post-visa stage can be found here. You may also finish all such mundane stuff like getting an international licence (it's prohibitively costly to get a licence in the U.S.), getting yourself immunised (as per university requirements) etc. Do read the information in the zip file carefully.